Quote by Joshua Foer
Our subjective experience of time is highly variable. We all know

Our subjective experience of time is highly variable. We all know that days can pass like weeks and months can feel like years, and that the opposite can be just as true: A month or year can zoom by in what feels like no time at all. – Joshua Foer

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The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether well rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually. – Joshua Foer

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Weve outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that theyre failing us. – Joshua Foer

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Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. – Joshua Foer

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I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. Thats why were here. Its at the heart of what it is to be a human being. Its the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But its difficult. – Michael Sheen

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We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our schoolmasters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us. – Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

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